fire alarm
noun
: a device that makes a loud sound to warn people when there is a fire
Someone set off the fire alarm.
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If a fire alarm blaring and flashing lights throughout the ballpark delaying the game for 10 minutes wasn’t enough, how about this?
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
As seen in the video above, even before the fire alarm goes off, the dog was triggered, which happens to canines with phobias.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
With that in mind, should a fire break out in, say, a refreshment kiosk on one of the concourses at Bradford, steel shutters linked to the fire alarm will immediately slam shut to contain the blaze.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Sparks fly when firefighters arrive at a romance novel event
A TikTok user caught firefighters on camera arriving to a packed audience of mostly female Abby Jimenez novel fans after a fire alarm sounded at the venue in Toronto.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
As seen in the video above, even before the fire alarm goes off, the dog was triggered, which happens to canines with phobias.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
With that in mind, should a fire break out in, say, a refreshment kiosk on one of the concourses at Bradford, steel shutters linked to the fire alarm will immediately slam shut to contain the blaze.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Sparks fly when firefighters arrive at a romance novel event
A TikTok user caught firefighters on camera arriving to a packed audience of mostly female Abby Jimenez novel fans after a fire alarm sounded at the venue in Toronto.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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